Monthly Archives: September 2007

Lead Exposure Lowers IQ Test Scores 0

With recent news reports regarding the problems with lead based paint on toys, parents are left to pour over the issues regarding lead exposure and its consequences, including low IQ scores on IQ tests, memory problems, inability to concentrate and difficulty with motor skills.  Toys produced in China of late have had the potential to [...]

Men and Women Skew Differently on IQ Testing 0

A team of psychologists at Edinburgh University has done a study showing that there are twice as many men in the top two percent of the population on the IQ test but that there are twice as many men in the bottom two percent on the IQ test as well.  Researchers claim to have eliminated [...]

IQ Results at Age Five Tells All 0

A recent article in the Sidney Morning Herald aims to take the guilt off working mothers by revealing that children who attend preschool have the best earning potential in the future.  It talks about a study by the University of Technology in Sydney that claims to be able to predict earning capacity by the age [...]